Great Classical Composers: Appreciating Their Lives and Music

by David Allen (Editor), David Allen (Editor), Kenneth Allen (Editor)

The great composers of classical music have achieved exalted status because their music has universal appeal, but approaching them for the first time -- or trying to understand them in the context of their lives and times -- can be a daunting task. Great Classical Composers solves both problems for eight giants of classical music. Each of these composers -- Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Verdi -- was an innovator in his time. This collection intersperses musical vignettes with scenes from their lives, charting the struggles and glories they encountered and the public's response to their creations.

40 pages, Audio Cassette

First published October 10, 2001